International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, and Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, center, speak with reporters during the IMF's Spring meetings in Washington, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Padoa-Schioppa is the current chairman of the policy-making International Monetary and Financial Committee. At far left is First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, John Lipsky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)



